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April 25, 2013, Thursday

After the F.B.I. said it had no evidence that Paul Kevin Curtis sent ricin-laced letters to President Obama and two other officials, charges were dropped and federal authorities shifted to a new person of interest.

A Corinth man charged with mailing letters containing ricin to national leaders believed that he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell body parts on the black market, and he maintains that he is innocent, his lawyer said Thursday.